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Bai Jiachen stood under the shade of a poplar tree, with two slender arms propping up a mountain of parcels.
Lin Xu leaned against the door frame, calculating how to get her a raise, but then caught sight of the name Sannboku on the recipient list, and half-smiled awkwardly.
"Sorry, sorry." Lin Xu stepped forward in slippers, reaching out to take the top box down, and Bai Jiachen's disheveled head popped out, meeting his eyes.
"Pretty rich, huh?" She gritted her teeth. And he still had the nerve to come to her crying poverty.
"It's from a friend," Lin Xu remained calm.
"Can you hurry up!"
"Just fine."
Lin Xu took them one by one, Bai Jiachen was almost driven crazy by impatience, Lin Xu turned around and called Song Yi.
"Brother Lin Xu."
Song Yi ran over, followed by the enthusiastic Red Yellow Blue.
In just a few days, he has already developed to the point where Lin Xu is his top priority, even his own sister has to take a back seat.
Lin Xu praised Song Yi for being strong and capable of doing work, which made the child very happy: "Big brother Lin Xu, my sister is even more amazing. In the fourth grade, she could drag over 200 kilograms of scrap appliances to the garbage dump in exchange for popsicles."
Lin Xu made a clicking sound and said, "Athletic physique, does your sister practice sports?"
"No, my sister was the first one from our Leshui to go to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Her photo is still hanging on the honor wall at the First High School..."
"Song Yi—" Bai Jiachen suddenly interrupted.
"Ah, sister." Song Yi only then noticed Bai Jiachen as a living person.
Bai Jiachen doesn't know where her younger brother's admiration for Lin Xu comes from, but she feels a bit puzzled, as if her own cat that she has raised for more than ten years is eloping with a stray cat.
She turns to Red Yellow Blue: "Are you guys hungry?"
Red Yellow Blue nodded.
Bai Jiachen sent Song Yi and they home, and then helped Lin Xu move their things in.
Lin Xu In the spirit of making the most of everything, please Bai Jiachen be a good person to the end, and just help him carry it up to the third floor.
The items were piled in the corner, Bai Jiachen stood up and dusted off his hands, while Lin Xu was already sitting at the head of the bed rubbing his waist.
Bai Jiachen looked around the room and was surprised to find that the furnishings were almost exactly the same as when she had just tidied up, even the position of the water glass hadn't changed, except for the addition of a person at the head of the bed.
"Surprised?" Lin Xu grabbed a pillow, leaned back comfortably, and Bai Jiachen noticed that the bedsheet had been carefully smoothed, with almost no creases to be found.
"Don't underestimate me just because I'm a woman. I may not be less capable of taking care of myself than you." Lin Xu said in an old-fashioned manner.
Bai Jiachen remembered the messy state of her own room and didn't feel like continuing the conversation: "I'll use your bathroom."
Lin Xu told her to do as she pleased. A few seconds later, there came Bai Jiachen's exclamation from inside: "Did you use my shower gel?"
Lin Xu was puzzled, not understanding why she was so excited.
"I don't know, Song Yi got it for me."
"And the bath towel? The one with the embroidered white cat on sea blue."
"Is this towel yours too?" This time it was Lin Xu's turn to be shocked.
Bai Jiachen came out with a half-wet towel, biting his lips, his damp, fluffy hair sticking to his cheeks.
The pair of pupils in those extremely dark eyes shimmered with a watery gleam, like black chess pieces surging in water, irresistibly drawing people's gaze.
By some strange impulse, the image of the girl wrapped in a bath towel formed in his mind like a calculation, but thanks to Lin Xu's strong mental resilience, he recovered in a few seconds.
"Don't worry, I haven't used it."
He lied without changing his expression: "I'm exercising now, air-drying after showering every day. I've only used the towel to dry my hair twice. If you want, I can return it to you after washing it clean, I guarantee it will be as good as new."
Bai Jiachen is speechless. Who does he think he's fooling with such nonsense? Does he really think she's a three-year-old child?
The thought of personal items being used by a man in the same private area has made Bai Jiachen extremely uncomfortable.
"I don't want it, you keep it and continue... wiping your hair..."
"Okay," Lin Xu readily agreed as Bai Jiachen pushed the door.
Lin Xu stopped her and said, "Bai Jiachen, can you help me call Song Yi?"
"What do you want to call him for?"
It seems like this is the first time he called her by her full name, Bai Jiachen turned around.
"Apply the plaster," Lin Xu said to her in three words.
Bai Jiachen paused for a moment, then walked straight to the bed, took out a piece of adhesive plaster from the bag and tore it off: "Lie down and let me put it on for you. Song Yi needs to go to school."
The autumn day in the mountain city is long. After sleeping the whole afternoon, Lin Xu is full of energy. He told Song Yi that he wanted to go out alone for a walk, so he didn't have dinner with them.
Bai Jiachen sat on the boundary between light and darkness, the dust blinding her eyes like old gold powder, Song Yi held her bowl, her little mouth never stopping.
"Mom and Dad are coming back from Yunnan tomorrow."
"I know."
"What gifts will they bring us?"
"You can ask for yourself."
"Sister, I think Mom must be very satisfied with Lin Xu."
"Right."
Bai Jiachen indicated agreement with this.
She is notorious for judging people by their appearance. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been attracted to her poor and unremarkable uncle-in-law. Just then, Lin Xu walked in from outside, his wrist hooked with a cheap plastic bag from the Lihong supermarket, and his plain black plastic sandals exuded a unique charm under his feet.
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